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Studies from School of Medicine Reveal New Findings on Pneumonia

Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 18th, 2012

2012 JAN 18 -- Research findings, "Infection with conditionally virulent Streptococcus pneumoniae 'pab strains induces antibody to conserved protein antigens but does not protect against systemic infection with heterologous strains," are discussed in a new report. According to the authors of recent research from London, United Kingdom, "Avirulent strains of a bacterial pathogen could be useful tools for investigating immunological responses to infection and potentially effective vaccines. We have therefore constructed an auxotrophic TIGR4 'pab strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae by deleting the pabB gene Sp_0665."

"The TIGR4 'pab strain grew well in...

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